Cigar-piercer



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CIGAR PIERCER.

APPUCATION FILED MAR. 2l, |919.

Patented Aug. 10, 192C fig Z fly I )mfc 11 for Pfarr 242m/ lua fitter/:cy

PATENT OFFICE.

IPIOTIR. ZERA, OF SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.

CIGAR-PIERCER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Application filed March 21, 1919. Serial No. 284,044.

T 0 all whom 1f/may concern.'

Be it known that I, IIo'rn ZnRA, a citizen of Poland, residing at Schenectady, county of Schenectady, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Piercers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in smokers implements used in connection with cigars whereby the ends may be clipped or puncturcd as may be desired.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a neat appearing implement, adapted to be carried in the pocket, capable of either piercing or clipping a cigar end in a convenient manner` These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which :M

Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing an implement made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar side elevational view taken in a different plane.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal sectional View taken at the upper end of the implement.

Fig. 4 is an end View thereof, and

5 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 3.

The invention comprises an outer tubular jacket 10 containing an inner tube 11, having at its outer end a ferrule 12 connecting a conical element 13, through which is slidably en aged a needle or piercing implement 14, fixe at its upper end in a rod 15 slidably en aged in the tube 11.

his rod 15 is movable by means of an extending lug 16 engaged with the rod and passing out through an elongated slot 17, formed in the tube 11, and having fixed in it a pin 18, pivotally carrying a lever 19, having a handle portion 2() and a detent or engaging element 21, normally pressed toward the bar by a spring 22.

Formed in the upper end of the tube 11, adjacent to the jacket 10, is a recess 24, receptive of the detent 21 so that the rod and through the implement, at its outer end, the

knife blade being raised from the slot 27 by an angular turned lip 28. Thus means are provided for piercing the cigar or for clipping by the knife, as may be desired, and it will be clearly apparent that the knife may be received within the jacket 10 and the needle 14 retracted Within the tube, so as to be held engaged therein, due to the detent 21 engaging with the recess 24 of tube 11 through the slot 27 until pressure is applied to the lever handle 20.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a neat appearing and convenient implement has been disclosed which may be readily carried in the pocket of a garment and which forms a material addition to a smokers equipment.

y Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and vdesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A smokers implement comprising a tubular handle, a rod slidably engaged therein, a needle extending from said rod, means for projecting or retracting said needle within said handle, a detent operated by said retraction means, said detent being engageable with a slot formed in said handle, a knife blade pivoted at the end of said tubular handle opposite to said needle, and means formed with said rod adapted to hold said knife blade when in a closed position.

2. In an implement comprising a tubular handle, a knife blade pivoted at one end therein, means for opening said knife blade, a rod slidablc in said handle, said rod havin a needle at one end, means for actuating said rod, and a detent adapted to lock said rod and knife blade when said rod is in a retracted position.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

PIOTR ZERA. 

